Wonder Bear

A wordless book that is full of fantastic illustrations that tell the story. The story is a bout a boy and girl who grow a garden with magical seeds. when the plants grow, a magical white bear emerges with a top hat. He takes the boy and girl on an other-wordly adventure with the monkeys and sea

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animals he pulls from his hat. When the day is done and the children are put to bed, the white bear gathers up everything he pulled from his hat and goes back to the plants. The author tells a wonderful story simply from illustrations and the illustrations are amazing to look at. I loved how even if I had a story to go with the book the first time I went through it, the second time I discovered new things in the pictures and wold adapt my story or think of another story line to go with it. This would be great for children look at and come up with their own words to go along with the story.

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A young boy and girl plant their seeds one day in this gorgeously-illustrated book, and awaken to discover that something magical has occurred! Wonder Bear takes them on a series of fantastic voyages in this wordless picture-book, only to return them safe and sound to their beds.

Tao Nyeu's lovely

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illustrations, which must carry the entire story, are reminiscent of Wanda Gag's work in style, although they utilize a far more subtle array of colors. I sometimes find wordless picture-books rather off-putting, but the charming visual landscape of Wonder Bear was sufficient to compensate for the lack of text.

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Lovely, imaginative, surreal wordless picture book. (Daughter adds: very warm-hearted).

I don't get it.  Judging by friends' reviews on GR, they don't love it either.  I did love Squid and Octopus, though.

Wonder Bear, a wordless picture book, starts off with two children climbing a hill to plant a garden. One row is for watermelon and the other is for...a hat? The children fall asleep next to the garden and as they sleep a vine begins to grow full of magical flowers. Emerging from one of the flowers

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is Wonder Bear, wearing a hat. Ah-ha! Once the hat is removed, a group of monkeys jump out and entertain the children. Wonder Bear blows and sea creatures begin to fly through the air. This is a book that is sure to delight. Because there are no words, the story can be different every time, encouraging children's imaginations and storytelling.

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I think Tao Nyeu may rapidly be becoming my favorite children's book author/illustrator of all time. Looking through the book, my response was to gasp in wonder on more than one occasion. Aptly titled, beautiful.